Chapter 246

Chapter 234: The End

Underground of King Campus, in the second level of the ruins.

Before the desecrated Mirror Moon Statue, the nun wearing a mask stabbed the vampire’s chest and abdomen with a steel longsword. The burnt vampire widened his eyes in shock, unable to understand why his supposedly hypnotized enemy suddenly counterattacked, leaving him unprepared and pierced by the sword.

However, Dorothy did not care about Claudius’ astonishment. She controlled Vania to extend her hand and grab Claudius’ hand, then used the hand holding the sword to increase the force, causing the blade to churn inside Claudius’ body, attempting to destroy as many organs as possible.

With Vania’s churning movement, Claudius immediately let out a painful scream. To prevent Vania from further damaging his organs, he extended his other hand to grab the sword blade in front of his chest, tightly gripping it to stop Vania from stirring. His palm was cut by the blade, and bl**d flowed profusely down the sword.

Afterward, Claudius’ body gradually became shrouded in a pitch-black shadow. Within three seconds, this shadow spread throughout his entire body.

Then, these black shadows instantly disintegrated, breaking into fragments that transformed into bats. These bats, far fewer than before, quickly flew away from Vania and regrouped at a distance, instantly reforming into Claudius’ form.

Through bat transformation, Claudius successfully broke free from Vania’s restraint. Due to his original injuries not healing, the number of bats he could transform into had only slightly exceeded the warning line. He dared not use these few bats to attack Vania.

The number of bats Claudius transformed into was related to his own condition. The more injured he was, the fewer bats he could transform into. If the number of bats fell below one-fifth of the maximum, Claudius would d*e. After being trapped by the zombie puppet gas canister and seeing a drastic reduction in his bat numbers, he completely refrained from using bats in combat, otherwise, Vania really wouldn’t have been able to do anything to him.

“Huh… The vampire’s bat transformation, now it can only be used for escape?”

Looking at Claudius, who was clutching his wound and panting in the distance, Dorothy controlled Vania to say with disdain. Claudius gritted his teeth and asked,

“Why… Why are you still moving even though you were hypnotized?”

“Hypnosis? Do you think that actually works on me? I was just pretending to be hypnotized to make you show your weakness.”

Vania muttered to Claudius, who clenched his teeth even tighter upon hearing he had been deceived. He immediately canceled the continuous hypnosis targeting Vania to avoid unnecessary spiritual energy waste.

In Claudius’ view, the nun clearly possessed an extraordinary item that countered mental interference, resisting his hypnosis. That extraordinary item was continuously negating the spiritual energy used for his hypnosis, thus rendering the hypnosis ineffective.

Seeing the faint light in Claudius’ eyes fade, Dorothy secretly controlled Vania to clench her fist tightly. It looked like she was making a fist, but she was actually digging her nails into her flesh. Feeling a sharp pain, Vania’s spirit suddenly woke up.

‘Ah… What happened to me? Why did I suddenly fall asleep during the fight? What’s going on now? Ah! Why can’t I move? Move quickly, that guy is still there!’

Vania thought anxiously in her heart, looking at Claudius nearby in panic. She struggled to move her body but found herself completely immobile.

Just as Vania was in great distress, a familiar voice echoed in her heart.

“Great Akka, please let Vania know that her body is currently under my control. Please don’t worry, I will return control soon…”

‘This is… Miss Dorothy’s voice? She is controlling me now?’ Hearing the sudden voice of Dorothy in her heart, Vania calmed down considerably. At this moment, she heard Dorothy’s voice continue.

“Furthermore, this battle is no longer suitable to drag on. With the remaining weapons and the duration of the sigils nearly depleted, it’s time to end this. Sister Vania, please follow my instructions…”

‘Time to end this… I understand…’

Listening to Dorothy’s voice, Vania focused intently. Then, she felt the control gradually returning to her.

On the other side, having created enough distance, Claudius finally caught his breath. He directly injected himself with a small syringe filled with fresh bl**d, alleviating some of his wounds. Then, he took out a sigil and stuck it onto himself.

“Shadow Blade Sigil…”

As the “Shadow” spirituality was consumed, Claudius’ claws began to be covered with dark shadows. At this moment, he relied on the sigil to consume additional “Shadow” spirituality, further enhancing his “Shadow” enchantment.

Claudius had already figured out that he didn’t need to play any tricks; he just needed to face this nun head-on. As long as he exhausted all her steel swords, she would have no way to retaliate.

Claudius had devised his next combat plan, focusing on exhausting all of Vania’s steel swords. For this, he used a precious sigil and extra spirituality to enhance his “Shadow” enchantment. Now, Claudius’ “Shadow” enchantment was strong enough to shatter Vania’s steel swords in two strikes.

Now, Claudius planned to steadily and surely shatter all of Vania’s steel swords.

“d*e…”

Muttering softly, Claudius transformed again into a swift shadow, charging toward Vania. Facing the rapidly approaching Claudius, who was much faster than before, Vania did not adopt a defensive stance with her sword. Instead, she stretched one hand toward the sky, showing an extremely solemn and devout expression.

Seeing Vania’s posture, Claudius hesitated. He could feel that the nun seemed to be preparing something. Seeing this, Claudius accelerated even more fiercely. Although he didn’t know what the nun intended, he had to interrupt her before she completed her preparation.

Claudius’ attention was entirely focused on Vania, and he did not notice that while he was still in the preparatory stage, a nimble figure emerged from the shadow behind a stone pillar, running quickly toward their battlefield. This figure was none other than Dorothy!

Dorothy rushed out from the shadows, quickly approaching the battlefield where Vania and Claudius were fighting. Just as Claudius started his sprint, transforming into a blur, her mouth opened slightly, emitting an ancient and distant sound.

“—Tiid—”

The voice from the beginning of time came from Dorothy’s mouth, the Time-Slowing Dragon Roar echoing through the ritual site. Unlike the forceful and deafening Unloading Power, this sound was more ethereal and profound, shaking the soul.

At the moment Dorothy’s roar erupted, time trembled. The unceasing flow of time from past to future slowed down in this region due to the roar. Everything around Dorothy, including the rushing Claudius, slowed down with time.